Tabbedout Brings Mobile Payment to Washington, D.C. Area

Special offers, like discounts off tabs, available in the Tabbedout
app upon launch

December 04, 2012 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tabbedout, the free mobile payment app that allows consumers to open,
view and pay tabs with their phones, has launched service in nearly 40
locations throughout the D.C. area, including at popular locations such
as The Hamilton, Nellie’s Sports Bar, Old Ebbitt Grill and Public House,
with more bar and restaurant locations coming soon. Additionally, when a
consumer opens a tab using Tabbedout, they will see offers available for
discounts off their tab, redeemable right within the app.

Available on both iPhone and Android smartphones, Tabbedout was built by
security experts who like to have a good time. The mobile payment app
allows users to securely store credit or debit card information directly
on their phone, encrypted and under passphrase protection, instead of on
host servers or in “the cloud.” Consumers are safe from the threat of
stolen payment information due to lost or forgotten credit cards since
they now can open and pay their tab directly from their phone without
handing over their credit or debit information to a server. Patrons can
also view their itemized tab in real-time, removing any surprises at the
end of the night.

Tabbedout's unique mobile payment platform also allows special offers or
discounts to be pushed directly to the consumer. Customers can redeem
offers and apply discounts directly to their tab in real time from their
phone. If the user forgets to redeem before paying their tab, the app
will send a notice to apply the discount before final payment is made.

“Tabbedout has resonated with our guests by providing an easy and secure
way to monitor and pay their tabs when they are ready to go,” said David
Moran, director of operations for Clyde’s Restaurant Group, a management
company that owns and operates 14 restaurants in the mid-Atlantic
region, including Old Ebbitt Grill. “We realize that the demand for
mobile payment is growing, and we wanted to make sure we had a trusted
solution in place so our guests have the best experience possible when
they come to our venue.”

Tabbedout integrates with most major hospitality point-of-sale (POS)
systems, including industry leader MICROS, making it as easy as a simple
software update for bars and restaurants to deploy Tabbedout without the
need for any new hardware. With Tabbedout, bars and restaurants can
spend more time serving food and drink to their patrons instead of
processing closing checks, which means more revenue for their bottom
line.

“Tabbedout frees up my staff’s time so they can focus on serving more
drinks to more people, especially during peak hours,” said Michael
Sasser, general manager of Nellie’s Sports Bar. “We want to create an
experience that keeps guests coming back and that includes giving them a
secure way to pay from their phone, allowing them to leave when they are
ready to go.”

“Our integrations with major POS providers make it easy for mid-Atlantic
region bars and restaurants to provide mobile payment to their patrons
in a way that is simple, secure, easy to install and made specifically
for the hospitality industry,” said Alex Broeker, president of
Tabbedout. “Mobile payment is the platform that will enable merchants to
do so much more, like capture customer preferences and push targeted
offers, and we already are enabling our merchants to do just that.”

More than 1000 bars and restaurants offer Tabbedout nationwide. For a
complete list of locations in the D.C. area, visit
tabbedout.com/locations.

About Tabbedout

Tabbedout is the mobile payment solution that enables consumers to open,
view and pay a bar or restaurant tab with their phone. Tabbedout makes
mobile payment a simple and secure process that is widely available, so
bars and restaurants can spend more time with their customers. The free
Tabbedout mobile app for iPhone and Android lets consumers open a tab
with their mobile phone, view their tab in real-time and pay the tab
anytime, anywhere, giving them control over how and when they pay. For
more information, visit www.tabbedout.com
or contact sales@tabbedout.com
to learn more about becoming a Tabbedout partner.